artist info
artist statement
I have been taking photographs since I was a young child. My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic with a flash cube. When I was 10, I saved up my paper route money and purchased a Minolta 35mm. Most of these photographs were taken with that very same camera. Photography is a way of life to me, it is rare that I go somewhere without some sort of camera. I shoot mostly with my 35mm, and have a digital of the same. I also have a medium format camera, as well as a large format camera and an underwater point and shoot. The instamatic is still mine, and still works!
I studied photography at Rochester Institute of Technology, and later graduated from Salem State College with a degree in Art, with a Photography concentration, and a minor in Foreign Language. I grew up and currently live in Danvers, where I am a member of the Danvers Art Association, and also a member of the Salem Arts Association.
I also do on-location portrait photography, engagement photographs, weddings, hang shows, and travel when I can. I have been to Jamaica, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Mexico and have photographed them extensively. I have also traveled within the US, The East Coast, Florida, Colorado, Vegas, Texas, to name a few.
I picked these particular photographs as my favorites and this is the way I saw each one.
exhibits
"Camera: Art and Craft -The 2008 Salem Arts Association Photography Show" - February 12 -March 6 2008
danvers art association silent auction - peabody institute library - danvers october - november 2007
danvers art association holiday fair - danvers november 9-11 2007
topsfield fair coolidge hall juried show - topsfield october 2007
topsfield fair grange building juried show - topsfield october 2007
front street coffeehouse - salem september 2007
peabody institute library - danvers, ma - may 12 - june 22, 2007
danvers art association spring show - may 5, 6, 12, 13th, 2007
beverly national bank - danvers, ma march 29, 2007 - may 10, 2007
prana health and yoga center - salem, ma december 2006 - ongoing
barbershop deluxe - boston, ma november 2006 - january 2007
topsfield fair grange building juried show - topsfield october 2006
topsfield fair coolidge hall juried show - topsfield october 2006
cafe ziba - acton, ma june 25, 2006 - august 12, 2006
salem culturefest - salem, ma july 29, 2006
gallery and grille at the thirsty whale- newburyport august 18 - september 29, 2005
south end open market - boston May 21, May 22, June 26, July 31, August 21, and September 11, 2005
custom cup cafe - danvers march 2006 - july 24 2006
glanz properties - boston january - august 2005
featured live on -Sunshine All Around the World- show on cambridge access television - april 7th 2005
club passim - cambridge february - march 2005
front street coffeehouse - salem july 2004
salem state college alumni exhibition - january - february 2004
salem state downtown center february 1998
borders bookstore - peabody may 1998
salem access television july through september 1998
featured on "Artist Profile" shown on salem access television july through september 1998
front street coffeehouse - salem november 1998
starbucks - peabody january 1999
the northern grind - beverly july 2000
front street coffeehouse - salem august 2000
front street coffeehouse - salem may 2002
juried shows
Danvers Art Association Fall Show - Danvers -October 27 & 28, November 3 & 4, 2007 (recipient of "Honorable Mention", recipient of "Popular Vote")
topsfield fair - topsfield, ma september - october 2006
the newburyport art association juried show 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007
Danvers Art Association Spring Show 2007
the marblehead festival of arts - 1997, 1998 and 1999, 2000 (1999 recipient of "Outstanding Work")
SEM juried show - maine april 2006
donations
raffle - club passim in cambridge - december 2005 - to raise money for their music school - photo of Fenway went for $500, a new high
raffle - the groveland congregational church - november 1998
raffle - st. richards parish in danvers - january 1999
articles
featured in the danvers herald july 1998
featured in the salem evening news november 1998
featured in the danvers 2000 calendar for the month of june
featured on page one of the salem evening news may 2002
projects
participated in danvers 48 hours, a project to preserve the time we live in on film - 2000
ordination, st. patricks cathedral in CT
restoration of original photographs, st. richards church, danvers, ma
promotional portraits lulu hair salon, beverly, ma
provided office artwork for glanz properties, boston, ma 2005
south end open market, boston, ma May 21, 22, 29, July 31 and August 21, 2005